Angola: Manufacturing Enemies – Inside Angola’s Security State

Detained on 28 July 2025 after being shot by police on the first day of Angola’s taxi drivers’ strike, Serrote José de Oliveira — widely known as “General Nila” — has been held for over six months without formal charges. According to his family and lawyers, he remains in detention despite a guarantees judge’s order for his hospitalization and the rejection of a habeas corpus petition.

Earlier that morning, Nila was walking with his younger brothers, Bartolo and Pascoal, to Talatona Municipal…